Graphics Reference
In-Depth Information
The Animator and the Seat
by Eric Drobile, Ringling College of Art and Design;
A Great Big Robot
from Outer Space Ate My Homework,
by Mark Shirra, Vancouver Film School
In the short, the character will
arc
, which means she will change emotionally from the begin-
ning to the end of the piece. But he doesn't always learn, make big decisions or even
succeed. Sometimes it is enough to retrieve an object, understand an environment, solve a
problem, reveal a secret, or discover something new. Shorts can be as small as a one-liner
or a single gag as in
Caps
or the
Kuhfo
series.
Remember our most basic defi nition of a story: a character wants something badly and is
having trouble getting it. When you are looking for ideas, this is the basis of what you are
looking for.
Let's work this defi nition a little bit further:
The short story has ONE character that wants something badly and is having trouble getting
it. That “trouble” is, at most, ONE other character or environment that causes confl ict. The
resolution to the confl ict communicates ONE specifi c idea, theme, or concept.
